Rubén López shares:
The activity I will carry out in class with the objective of
boosting communicative skills is called “Students-made
review quiz”
Description: The
activity will be developed at the end of every unit, as a review of the content
and vocabulary previously learned. With it, we would like to improve students’
language of learning (gramar, vocabulary and structures), language for learning
(metacognitive skills) and language through learning (scaffolding). This is a
very easy and engaging activity for pupils and I strongly recommend it.
Steps: -First of
all, we have to organize the students into several groups, dependeding on the
parts of the unit. For example, if we have explained a unit divided into 6
sections, we will need to create 6 groups of 4-5 people.
-Secondly, every group will be assigned a specific section
of the unit. They will have to read it again and every member of the group will
have to write down 2 different questions. One of them, a short answer question,
the other one, a multiple choice question. On the top of the paper, every
student will write their name and group in order to avoid a group answers their
own questions.
-Once they
have finished, we will collect all the questions and the quiz will start! Our
role will be to read the questions and give points to the groups that answer
properly, taking care that all the members of the group take part in the quiz. In
addition, answers need to be given in a preestablished limited period of time,
such as 10-20 seconds, in which all the members of the group can discuss and
share theirpoint of view.
-Every group will earn a reward depending on their results,
which can be given at the end of the course, as a kind of gamification.
Vocabulary and structures: with this activity we are having a
review on the most important elements studied in class, giving the students the
opportunity to develop the subject language awareness or CALP (Cognitive
Academic Language Proficiency), and BICS
(Basic Interpersonal Communiation Skills).
Format: We are
working both written and oral skills.
Discourse type: narrative or
descriptive, depending on the question asked.
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